Thomas Hardwick Sr. (1725–1798) was an 18th-century

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. The Hardwick name is famous in British

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, spanning over 150 years of work. In 1760, Thomas Hardwick Sr. had become a master mason at

Syon House Syon House is the west London residence of the Duke of Northumberland. A Grade I listed building, it lies within the 200-acre (80 hectare) Syon Park, in the London Borough of Hounslow. The family's traditional central London residence h ...

for the brothers

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and John Adam. His son

Thomas Hardwick Thomas Hardwick (1752–1829) was an English architect and a founding member of the Architects' Club in 1791. Early life and career Hardwick was born in Brentford, Middlesex the son of a master mason turned architect also named Thomas Hard ...

was also an architect.

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1725 births 1798 deaths Architects from London 18th-century English architects {{UK-architect-stub